The Fascinating Calculation of Days in a Leap Year
Words: 725 3072Gaining an understanding of the complexities of a leap year necessitates delving into the relationship between Earth's orbit around the Sun and our calendar system. Basically, a leap year is a regular calendar year plus one additional day—February 29. With this addition, the calendar year will coincide with the solar year, or the time it takes for the Earth to complete one circle around the Sun. A typical year has 365 days in it. The true orbital period of the […]